A thig of Beauty is a joy forever-II

At one point of the journey, the width of the mighty river is reduced to a few hundred meters and it almost resembled a narrow gorge. But, at no point in the journey, you can keep your head still: expect many ‘look left, look right, look there, look here’ that’s because, there’s a story at every turn and an anecdote at every bend. From that popular scene from that popular film of that popular hero was shot here to the different versions behind how the name ‘Papi Kondalu’ came about, it’s all engaging.

Snaking through the Eastern Ghats, the River takes you down to Khammam and was the welcome grand? Of course, a wall-like hill looms large over the striking imagery. As we crossed the confluence point of Sabari and Godavari where the river turns brown and turbid, we saw hamlets inhabited by tribals going by their day jobs completely oblivious of the boats or its temporary inhabits. Before we realized, it was lunch time. The idea of gorging on typical Andhra fare on board was different but yet very relevant. And, before we realized, we reached Parantalapalli for a brief stopover.